<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The corona virus pandemic affects the functioning of all states. It intervenes in various areas of life, and it is employment relations that we can consider to be the area with the most negative impact. The Slovak Republic is dealing with pandemic in terms of labor law with partial amendments to the Labor Code and a hybrid form of short time working (kurzarbeit). We therefore decided to point out the shortcomings of the legislation in the Slovak Republic as well as to propose solutions that would help alleviate rising unemployment but also adjust the labor market to the demand for modern and flexible forms of work. We also analyzed measures that were chosen by the Kingdom of Denmark to suppress the consequences of the pandemic and, in our opinion, were of a sustainable nature and met the requirements of the labor market subjects.</p></abstract>

The corona virus pandemic affects the functioning of all states. It intervenes in various areas of life, and it is employment relations that we can consider to be the area with the most negative impact. The Slovak Republic is dealing with pandemic in terms of labor law with partial amendments to the Labor Code and a hybrid form of short time working (kurzarbeit). We therefore decided to point out the shortcomings of the legislation in the Slovak Republic as well as to propose solutions that would help alleviate rising unemployment but also adjust the labor market to the demand for modern and flexible forms of work. We also analyzed measures that were chosen by the Kingdom of Denmark to suppress the consequences of the pandemic and, in our opinion, were of a sustainable nature and met the requirements of the labor market subjects.

The Slovak v the Danish Labor Law Approach to COVID 19 Pandemic

International and Comparative Law Review

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The corona virus pandemic affects the functioning of all states. It intervenes in various areas of life, and it is employment relations that we can consider to...

The Slovak v the Danish Labor Law Approach to COVID 19 Pandemic

Published Online: Feb 21, 2021

Page range: 231 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2020-0026

Keywords
Labor Law, Pandemic, Employer, Employee

© 2020 Juraj Hamuľák et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Slovak v the Danish Labor Law Approach to COVID 19 Pandemic

Published Online: Feb 21, 2021

Page range: 231 - 238

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2020-0026

KeywordsLabor Law, Pandemic, Employer, Employee

© 2020 Juraj Hamuľák et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Labor Law, Pandemic, Employer, Employee